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>>> THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON HANGING IN THE BALANCE WITH SOME RACES STILL LEFT UNSETTLED, INCLUDING A Q1 HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY GOOD EVENING, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

AS THE BOAT COUNT CONTINUES, AND AQUATIC CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEBANON IS AHEAD OF HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IN THE FORTNITE HISTORY.

LEAD HAS NARROWED.

HERE'S KPBS BURT COUNTY REPORTER, TONYA BORN.

>> Reporter: THE RACE FOR THE 49th DISTRICT WHICH STRADDLES SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES WAS HOTLY CONTESTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ELECTION DAY.

WITH JUST OVER HALF THE VOTES COUNTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, LEVIN WAS LEADING BRIAN MARRIOTT BY A 51-49% MARGIN.

LEVIN ACKNOWLEDGED IN A RALLY LATE TUESDAY EVENING IS THAT THE RACE ISN'T OVER, BUT HE SOUNDED CONFIDENT.

>> WHILE THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO, AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LEFT ACCOUNT, THANKS TO THE WORK YOU PUT IN AND BASED ON EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING VOTE, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE WILL PREVAIL!

>> AT HIS OWN ELECTION NIGHT RALLY, MARRIOTT THANKS HIS SUPPORTERS FOR A HARD-FOUGHT RACE AND STILL HELD OUT HOPE FOR A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY.

>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIN TONIGHT.

THAT IS WHAT MY GUT TELLS ME.

IF WE LOSE, WE LOSE LIKE PROFESSIONALS.

WE LOSE WITH ELEGANCE.

>> Reporter: A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS HISTORY IS ON LEVIN'S SIDE, BUT THAT IS NO GUARANTEE.

>> OVERALL, WE GENERALLY SEE A BLUESHIFT IN THE WEEK AFTER AN ELECTION.

BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHANGING HOW THEY VOTE AND WHEN THEY VOTE SO MUCH IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS.

WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SIT BACK, BE PATIENT, AND WAIT FOR EVERY VOTE TO BE COUNTED.

>> Reporter: AN UPDATE ON ELECTION RESULTS IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DEMOCRATS ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF AS AN ANTICIPATED RED WAVE HAS NOT MATERIALIZED.

BUT MANY RACES ARE TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

ISABELLE ROSALES BREAKS DOWN THE CRUCIAL CONTEST THAT COULD DECIDE WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS.

>> WE ARE THRILLED , THRILLED AT THE UNEXPECTED HIGH TURNOUT.

>> Reporter: VOTERS SHOWING UP AT THE POLLS AND MAKING THEIR VOTING HEARD.

ELECTION IS OVER.

HE RACES REMAIN UNCALLED AS THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE SENATE REST IN THE HANDS OF A FEW KEY STATES.

A STRONGER EXPECTED SHOWING FROM AIRCRAFT BLOCKING A RED WAVE.

>> DEMOCRATS HAD A STRONG NIGHT, AND WE LOST FEWER SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAN ANY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS FIRST MIDTERM ELECTION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

>> Reporter: STILL, REPUBLICANS REMAIN CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WINNING CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.

>> AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE READY FOR A MAJORITY THAT WILL OFFER A NEW DIRECTION.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE BATTLE OF CONTROL OF CONGRESS REMAINING UNSETTLED, A BIG BOOST FOR DEMOCRATS AND BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA.

DEMOCRAT JOHN FETTERMAN DEFEATING REPUBLICAN MENOPAUSE.

>> I NEVER EXPECTED THAT WE ARE GOING TO TURN THESE RED COUNTIES BLUE , BUT WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

>> A SIGNIFICANT WIN FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE SUNSHINE STATE, FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS DELIVERING HISTORIC MARGIN .

AND KEY DEMOCRATIC TERRITORY LIKE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

>> THE PEOPLE HAVE DELIVERED THEIR VERDICT.

FREEDOM IS HERE TO STAY.

>> CRITICAL SENATE RACE IN GEORGIA PRESENTED TO GO TO A RUNOFF ON DECEMBER 6th.

THE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN REPUBLICAN HERSCHEL WALKER AND HER CUB RAPHAEL WARNOCK MAY BE KEY TO DETERMINE WHICH PARTY IS IN CONTROL.

FROM CAPITOL HILL, ISABELLE ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

THE RACE FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF IS ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED LOCAL CONTEST .

TAKING A LOOK AT THE RESULTS RIGHT NOW UNDERSHERIFF KELLY MARTIN IS LEADING FORMER PROSECUTOR JOHN HIM ALL IN WITH 57.1% OF THE VOTE.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE ALVARADO HAS AN UPDATE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY WAS FEELING GOOD THE MORNING AFTER THE ELECTION.

SHE WAS LEADING FORMER COUNTY PROSECUTOR, JOHN HIM OR LINK, BY 14 POINT MARGIN IN THE RACE FOR SHERIFF >> I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE RESULTS SO FAR.

OF COURSE WE STILL NEED TO WAIT FOR THE FINAL RESULT BUT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THIS MUCH OF A LEAD WE WORKED SO HARD AND I HAD SO MUCH TERRIFIC SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: ONE OF HER BIGGEST SUPPORTERS IS SAN DIEGO MAYOR, TODD GLORIA.

HE CELEBRATED MARTINEZ ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BEING THE FIRST FEMALE SHERIFF IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S HISTORY.

EVEN THOUGH THE VOTE COUNT IS NOT COMPLETE.

MARTINEZ SAYS LAURA HAS BEEN THERE FOR HER THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, AND SHARED WHAT HE TOLD HER ON ELECTION NIGHT.

>> HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TERRIFIC SUPPORT, SOMEONE I CAN CALL.

SO HE JUST TOLD ME HE WAS PROUD OF ME AND HE IS HAPPY FOR THE RESULT.

>> Reporter: KPBS REACHED OUT TO HIM REELING.

HIS SPOKESPERSON SAID HE WOULD NOT BE COMMENTING UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE ON THE BOAT COUNT.

MARTINA SAYS IF SHE DOESN'T WIN, SHE WILL RETIRE, FEELING PROUD OF HER NEARLY FOUR DECADES LONG CAREER IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

SHE HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED MANY FIRSTS IN THE DEPARTMENTS 172 YEAR HISTORY, INCLUDING BEING THE FIRST FEMALE UNDERSHERIFF.

>> IT IS EXCITING AND IT IS EXCITING FOR ALL THE WOMEN WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO WILL COME AFTER ME.

>> REPORTER:'S THE ADVICE SHE WOULD GIVE HER 21-YEAR-OLD SELF JUST STARTING OUT IN THE ACADEMY, KNOWING WHAT SHE KNOWS NOW.

THE SAME SHE WOULD GIVE ALL YOUNG WOMEN.

>> I THINK SOMETIMES AS WOMEN WE GOT OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT AND I THINK I WOULD'VE TOLD MYSELF JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT.

>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY THE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER OFFICIAL UPDATE ON THE BOAT COUNT.

KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND TURNING ONTO CHULA VISTA WHERE THE VOTERS WERE NOW ASKED TO PICK A NEW MAYOR.

JOHN McCANN IS IN THE LEAD WITH 55.2% OF THE VOTE.

AND KPBS REPORTER ESTOPPEL FOR LEASE SPOKE WITH THE CANDIDATE.

>> VALUE HIS EXPERIENCE.

>> THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN .

PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU JUST GO IN AND BE A COUNCILMEMBER AND IT IS EASY.

BUT WE ARE A CITY THAT IS HALF $1 BILLION BUDGET.

WE RUN YOUR PARKS, WE RUN THE FIRE, WE RUN THE POLICE.

WE RUN THE LIBRARIES.

THEY ARE VERY COMPLICATED ISSUES AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

>> Reporter: THE OPPONENT SAID HE WILL BRING A NEW BIZ INTO THE CITY.

HE DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO A FOLLOW-UP REQUEST ON WEDNESDAY.

WINNER WILL REPLACE TURNED OUT MAYOR MARY SALAS WHO HAS SERVED SINCE 2014.

McCANN SAYS HE EXPECTS TO HOLD THE LEAD.

>> THE CLOCK NUMBERS FROM LAST NIGHT HAD ME UP BY 8% AND THEN WE GAINED ALMOST 600 VOTES AND NOW WE ARE AT 10% WEED.

SO WE HOPE THAT 10 PERCENT CONTINUES.

>> UPDATE THEIR ELECTION RESULTS BY THURSDAY EVENING.

GUSTAVO POLICE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DEMOCRATS IVAN SILVA DIED UNEXPECTEDLY OF CANCER IN SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER, HIS NAME REMAINED ON THE BALLOT.

DAN SMITH, SILVA'S REPUBLICAN OPPONENT SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL COME OUT ON TOP.

BUT SMITH IS STILL ANGRY AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR CONTINUING TO ENDORSE A DEAD CANDIDATE.

>> HE JUST PASSED AWAY IN SEPTEMBER .

SO THE VOTERS JUST DON'T KNOW.

IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS DISAPPOINTING, HAS CHOSEN TO ADMIT THAT FACT TO SHARE THAT WITH THEIR VOTERS.

>> WITH 32,000 VOTES COUNTED SO FAR, LESS THAN ONE PERCENTAGE POINT SEPARATE SMITH AND SILVA, AND IF SILVA WINS, CHULA VISTA TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO SPEND UP TO $2 MILLION ON A SPECIAL ELECTION.

>>> IS A TIGHT RACE FOR MEASURE B, A VOTE FOR THE FUTURE OF TRASH COLLECTION IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTED JACOB HARRIS IS THE BALLOT MEASURE WOULD UPDATE THE PEOPLE'S ORDINANCE.

>> Reporter: MEASURE B ASKS CITY OF SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S ORDINANCE.

IT IS A 100-YEAR-OLD LAW THAT ALLOWS ANGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO NOT PAY ADDITIONAL FEES FOR TRASH PICKUP.

WHILE MULTI FAMILY COMPLEXES AND BUSINESSES HAVE TO HIRE PRIVATE WASTE HAULERS.

RIGHT NOW HOMEOWNERS SERVICE IS PAID OUT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

IN CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHAWNEE LEVER RIVERA SAYS IF THE DOESN'T PASS, OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES MAY SUFFER.

>> IT WILL MEAN THAT THE JOB OF THE CITY WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERING THE BASIC SERVICES WHICH MEANS IT WILL BE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.

>> Reporter: REVERES PUSHED AHEAD FOR MEASURE B TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE.

WITH OVER 210,000 VOTES NOW COUNTED FOR THE MEASURE, NO ON MEASURE B IS LEADING BY JUST LESS THAN ONE PERCENTAGE POINT.

THAT RESULT HOLDS, THAT MEANS THE CURRENT SYSTEM WOULD STAY IN PLACE.

INTO ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY AGREES ON IS THAT THE SYSTEM IS UNFAIR AND SO WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO CHANGE THIS AND CORRECT WHAT IS UNFAIR ABOUT THE SYSTEM.

WE JUST HAPPEN TO DIFFER ON THE RIGHT WAY TO CHANGE THIS TO MAKE IT MORE FAIR.

>> WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS PROJECTING 500,000 MORE BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED, THE OUTCOME COULD STILL CHANGE IN THE CLOSE RACE IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ORDINANCE WOULD BE AMENDED.

>> WE HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN A AFFIXED TO THIS UNFAIR AND UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

WE REALLY FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION IF THE MEASURE FAILS.

>> IS MEASURE B PASSES IT WILL BE AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE ANY FEES ARE CHARGED TO SINGLE- FAMILY HOMEOWNERS.

THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST ESTIMATES CUSTOMERS WILL PAY UP TO $29 PER MONTH.

A WIN FOR YES ON MEASURE B WOULD ALSO GUARANTEE FREE TRASH BIN FOR ALL, WHICH THE CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDE.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MEASURE D APPEARS TO BE HEADING TOWARD PASSING AT LAST CHECK THE MEASURE HAD 57% OF VOTES IN FAVOR OF ENDING A DECADE-LONG BAN ON THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS IN VISIBLE PROJECTS.

THE MEASURE WOULD REPEAL MEASURE A FROM 2012 WHICH PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM ACQUIRING THE CONTRACTORS ENTER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS KNOWN AS PLA.

SAN DIEGO APPEARS READY TO ELECT A CITY GOVERNMENT MADE UP ENTIRELY OF DEMOCRATS.

REPUBLICANS HAD PINNED THEIR HOPES ON LINDA LUCAS, WHO RAN AGAINST INCUMBENT INDUSTRY TWO, JEN CAMPBELL.

AS OF NOW, CAMPBELL STILL HOLDS A COMFORTABLE LEAD, 55.2% OF THE VOTE IN DISTRICT 6, CAN'T LEAD IS HOLDING A STRONG LEAD AT 50 FOR SEVEN CENT OF THE VOTE.

CHALLENGER TOMMY HOWE WHO CAMPAIGNED ON VISITING THE CITY'S EFFORT TO GROW AND BUILD MORE HOUSING.

LEE SAYS HE RAN A POSITIVE CAMPAIGN.

>> I THINK THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RACE THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT BUILDING A COALITION AND A COMMUNITY.

IN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BEST REPRESENT EVERYONE THAT IS IN DISTRICT 6.

SEE THE RESULTS SO FAR I THINK WE ARE SUPER OPTIMISTIC.

>> INCUMBENTS MONITOR MONACO MONTGOMERY AND DISTRICT EIGHT ALSO APPEAR POISED TO WIN ELECTIONS BY A WIDE MARGIN.

ONE OF THE NAILBITER'S FROM THE ELECTION IS MEASURE C WHICH WOULD CARVE OUT THE MIDWAY DISTRICT FROM SAN DIEGO'S 31st COASTAL HEIGHT LIMIT.

KPBS MEHTA REPORTED ANDREW BOWEN TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RESULT.

>> Reporter: MIDWAY IS ONE OF THE MOST BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN DIEGO.

MEASURE C REPORTERS SAID RAISING THE HEIGHT LIMIT WOULD INCENTIVIZE PROPERTY OWNERS TO INVEST IN THE AREA AND OF BUILD MORE HOUSING WHILE ALSO ALLOWING THE CITY TO REDEVELOP THE SPORTS PROPERTY.

THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD WORSEN TRAFFIC.

EARLY RESULTS ON TUESDAY SUGGEST THE OUTCOME WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THAT IS IN CONTRAST TO 2020, WHEN VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED AN IDENTICAL VALID MEASURE.

BEFORE THAT ONE GOT TIED UP IN A LAWSUIT.

CHEERS THE MIDWAY PLANNING GROUP.

HE SAYS REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, MIDWAY RESIDENTS STILL DESERVE A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN TWO I THINK THAT THE CITY IS UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE TO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING AND HOUSING CREDIBILITY CRISIS WE HAVE, RIGHT?

SO I DON'T THINK THE CONVERSATION ABOUT REDEVELOPING IN MIDWAY IS ARE GOING AWAY.

>> IF MEASURE C FAILS, THE CITY DOES HAVE A BACKUP PLAN THAT IS APPEALING THE LAWSUIT THAT BLOCKED THE 2020 BALLOT MEASURE .

THAT LEGAL PROCESS COULD TAKE YEARS BEFORE GETTING RESULTS.

ANDREY BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

TRAUMA THE RIGHT TO ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION WILL BE ENSHRINED IN CALIFORNIA'S CONSTITUTION AFTER THE PASSING OF PROPOSITION ONE.

EARLY RETURNS SHOW THE PROCESS POSITION HAD 60% OF PASSING BUT SUPPORTERS SAID THEY WANTED A CLEARLY DECISIVE WHEN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT CALIFORNIA WILL KEEP ABORTION SAFE AND LEGAL IN THE STATE.

OTHER STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY ALSO CONSIDERED A SIMILAR MEASURE AFTER JUNE'S SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT IN THE VISUAL STATES COULD DECIDE WHETHER TO ALLOW ABORTION.

OPPONENTS OF THE MEASURE SAID IT WAS EXPENSIVE, EXTREME, AND UNNECESSARY.

>>> TWO PROPOSITIONS THAT WOULD BRING SPORTS GAMBLING TO CALIFORNIA APPEAR HEADED FOR DEFEAT , DESPITE BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE BALLOT QUESTION RACES IN STATE HISTORY.

PROP 26 WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR IN PERSON SPORTS BETTING AT TRIBAL CASINOS AND FOUR RACE TRACKS INCLUDING DELMAR.

SUPPORTED BY MITT MORE THAN 50 TRIBES.

RIGHT NOW THE NOSE ARE AT JUST OVER 70%.

>>> PROP 27 WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ONLINE SPORTS BETTING AND WAS SUPPORTED BY ONLINE GAMING COMPANIES LIKE DRAFTKINGS, AND A FEW SMALLER TRIBES AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NO'S ARE AT 83.3%.

NEARLY $600 MILLION WAS RAISED IN OPPOSITION IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURES.

THIS REQUIRED A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO PASS.

>>> A HUGE VICTORY FOR EDUCATION.

VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A BOND MEASURE THAT WILL FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR NEW TEACHERS IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED.

AS KPBS EDUCATIONAL REPORTER PEREZ TELLS US, CALIFORNIA WILL NOW LEAD THE NATION IN FUNDING FOR THE ARTS IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

>> GIRL, GO LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO BE A CRAB, YOU CAN'T BE YOU.

>> Reporter: BEGINNING NEXT FALL, EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT IN CALIFORNIA COULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO PERFORM IN AN ACTING CLASS.

OR EXPRESS THEIR PASSION PAINTING A PICTURE.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS SAID YES TO PROPOSITION 28 WHICH WILL GUARANTEE AS MUCH AS $1 BILLION EVERY SCHOOL YEAR FOR ARTS EDUCATION.

TAKEN FROM THE STATE BUDGET WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.

>> THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS INCREDIBLY HISTORIC .

THE EYES OF THE NATION ARE ON US.

>> Reporter: RUSS BURLING IS DIRECTOR OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS IN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HE IS A VETERAN ARTS ADMINISTRATOR WHO ESTIMATES HIS DISTRICT WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL $15 MILLION EVERY YEAR.

>> FROM A DISTRICT OFFICE OR STATE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO OFFER THIS CLASS.

WE SANG TO THE PRINCIPLES AND THE COMMUNITIES , WHAT ARTS DO YOU WANT TO SEE AT YOUR SCHOOL?

THAT SHOULD BE IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

>> Reporter: IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEW STATE FUNDING FOR ALL THE ARTS AND MUSIC PROGRAMS WILL BE TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF A SCHOOL.

AND THAT MONEY CANNOT BE SPENT ON ANYTHING ELSE.

LOCAL VOTERS ALSO SAID YES TO MEASURE U, INVOLVING A 3.2 BILLION DOLLAR BOND THAT WOULD BE SPENT ON BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AND IMPROVING OLDER CAMPUSES ACROSS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED.

PART OF THAT MONEY WILL ALSO BE SPENT HERE, AT THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, CENTRAL OFFICES ARE BEING MOVED TO KEARNY MESA.

AND THIS WILL BE REPURPOSED INTO A KIND OF EDUCATORS VILLAGE WITH 500 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EMPLOYEES WHO NEED IT.

>> PRIMARILY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGEST IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION OR NEW CUSTODIANS OR NEW BUS DRIVERS WHO ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME AFFORDING TO LIVE, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE VICTORIES FOR EDUCATION THIS ELECTION COME AFTER INTENSE CAMPAIGNING, AND IN THE CASE OF THE ARTS FUNDING PROPOSITION, THERE WAS SUPPORT FROM SOME BIG-NAME IN ENTERTAINMENT, INCLUDING A TONY NOMINATED EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS.

>> IF THAT'S WHAT WE COULD TO TEACH THEM , MAYBE ONE OF THEM WILL WRITE THE NEW HAMILTON MUSICAL.

LOOK AT THAT!

COME ON, I SEE GREAT THINGS COMING OUT OF THIS VOTE, AND I AM EXCITED.

>> Reporter: SHE SHOULD KNOW.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPEAR TO BE SAYING NO TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITH JUST OVER 59% OF THE BOAT UPHOLDING THE 2020 BAND.

31 WOULD BAN PRODUCTS SUCH AS MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED VAPING JUICE.

SUPPORTERS OF THE BAN SAYS THE LAW WAS NECESSARY TO STOP THE SURGE OF TEEN SMOKING.

CALIFORNIA IS NOW THE SECOND STATE, COUNTRY TO BAN ALL FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS INCLUDING MENTHOL CIGARETTES.

THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT FIVE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION IS CERTIFIED.

>>> A MEASURE TO TAX CANNABIS BUSINESSES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S UNINCORPORATED AREA IS AHEAD AFTER EARLY RETURNS AND TAKING A LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE NUMBERS, THE YESES ARE AT 57.4%.

THIS WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TAX BUSINESS DEALINGS FROM RETAIL SALES TO DISTRIBUTE AND CULTIVATION.

ALCO UNINCORPORATED AREA WILL BE PAYING THIS TAX.

CEO LINCOLN PARISH SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK IT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.

HE SAYS IT IS THE STATE EXCISE TAX THAT HURTS.

>> THE COLLECTIVE VALUE OF ALL THE DEBTS THAT HURT US.

AGAIN, MOST OF US IN THE INDUSTRY DON'T REALLY MIND AS LONG AS IT IS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND THEY USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO CHECK THE OPERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE IN BUSINESS.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THAT GOING ON.

>>> FISH SAYS THAT NO ONE WANTS THE MORE TAXES BUT IS HOPEFUL THAT SUPERVISORS WILL STICK TO THEIR WORD AND DO MORE TO CURTAIL ILLEGAL OPERATORS.

MEASURE A COULD GENERATE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO $5 MILLION.

AND WE ARE COVERING ALL THE MAJOR LOCAL AND STATE RACES ON HER WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG, YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST RESULTS AS WELL AS OUR REPORTING.

>>> TROPICAL STORM NICOLE IS GAINING STRENGTH AS IT MOVES TOWARD FLORIDA TONIGHT , WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A HURRICANE.

CHRIS WIN SHOWS US HOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE APPEARING FOR THE STORM AND WHY THIS WEATHER EVENT IS SO RARE.

>> Reporter: FLORIDA IS ONCE AGAIN BRACING FOR ANOTHER DEVASTATING STORM.

THIS TIME IT IS EXPECTED TO BE STORED.

>> I URGE FLORIDA AND STATEWIDE TO STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM THE COURT COASTLINE.

>> Reporter: LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE.

THAT WOULD MAKE IT THE FIRST TIME IN 37 YEARS THAT A HURRICANE HAS MADE LANDFALL IN THE U.S.

IN NOVEMBER.

>> THE MOST RECENT TRACK SHOWS THAT IT WILL MAKE LANDFALL IN MARTIN COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THE REGION CAN'T CATCH A BREAK AS IT IS RECOVERING FROM THE DEVASTATION LEFT BEHIND BY HURRICANE IAN.

IT IS NOW BRACING FOR MORE DAMAGE, POSSIBLE TORNADOES, AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

>> INCLUDING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AS FAR NORTH AS JACKSONVILLE.

WINDS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH NICOLE.

BUT WE ALSO EXPECT TO SEE SOME HEAVY RAINS, THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING, AND THREE TO FIVE FEET OF STORM SURGE IN SOME AREAS.

>> Reporter: EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES WITH SOME AIRPORTS SHUTTING DOWN OPERATIONS IN PREPARATION.

A TOTAL OF 23 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE THURSDAY AS OFFICIALS URGE ALL FLORIDA RESIDENTS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

>> THERE MAY COME A TIME DURING AND AFTER THE STORM THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CANNOT IMMEDIATELY SEND FIRST RESPONDERS INTO HARM'S WAY TO ASSIST YOU.

SO THEREFORE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU MAY NEED.

>> Reporter: IN COCOA BEACH FLORIDA, CHRIS WIN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY ACTIVE WEATHER.

GOOD NEWS IS , WE ARE STARTING TO DRY ON OUT AND THE POWERFUL WHEN STARTING TO DIMINISH.

WE WILL HAVE A SLIGHT WARM-UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

BUT HEADS UP, OTHER STORM SYSTEMS COULD BRING SOME WIND, SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES.

MAYBE SOME SHOWERS AND SOME SPOTS AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

AS FOR TONIGHT, PRETTY CALM AND CLEAR, DOWN TO ABOUT 41 ON OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO DOWN TO ABOUT 49.

RAMONA, 36.

ABREGO SPRINGS, 43, AND ONE OF OUR COOL SPOTS, MOUNT LAGUNA, YOU WILL DROP TO 30.

AS WE HEADED TO OUR THURSDAY, IT IS GOING TO FEEL MORE LIKE DECEMBER AND EARLY MID-NOVEMBER AS WE SEE THAT IT IN THE UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES STICKING AROUND AS WE HEAD INTO OUR DAY.

WE WILL SEE THE 60s AND 70s FOR MOST OCEANSIDE, 69.

SAN DIEGO, 67.

BORREGO SPRINGS MAKES IT TO 72 BUT MOUNT LAGUNA JUST INTO THE LOWER 50s.

AS WE HEAD INTO OUR FRIDAY, IT STILL WILL BE A BIT COOL AS WE LOOK FARTHER INTO THE FUTURE HERE, STILL AROUND THOSE COOL TEMPERATURES, BUT WE WILL BE DRY AS WE DO WRAP UP THE WEEK.

EVENTUALLY WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES WARM UP A LITTLE BIT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FIVE- DAY FORECAST FOR THE COAST WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60s AND THEN BRIEFLY COOLER ON SUNDAY BEFORE BACK TO THE 70s AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY.

THE INLAND VALLEYS, UPPER 60s IN THE LOW 70s RETURN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

BIT OF A DIP IN TEMPERATURES SUNDAY BEFORE WARMING BACKUP WITH SUNSHINE ON MONDAY.

YOUR FIVE-DAY FORECAST IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE SUNNY BUT COOL AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT OUR THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES INCREASE A BIT FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BACK TO THE MID-50s, AND THEN BRIEFLY COOLER AGAIN ON SUNDAY WITH THAT WIND AND THEN MONDAY WE ARE SUNNY BUT STILL COOL WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50s.

IN THE DESERT WE WILL SEE PRETTY CONSISTENT WEATHER INTO THE LOW 70s.

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING BACK INTO THE 40s.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM ARE YELLOW !

LEAVE.

>>> CALIFORNIA REGULATORS APPEAR POISED TO FLIP THE SWITCH ON A MAJOR REVISION OF THE RULES REGULATING ROOFTOP SOLAR.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIKA ANDERSON SAYS THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IS SIGNALING THEY ARE READY TO REVEAL THE NEW PROPOSAL.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE THE FIRST PROPOSAL LANDED WITH A THUD, REGULATORS PROPOSED STEEP MONTHLY FEES FOR SOLAR OWNERS.

THEY SLASHED THE VALUE OF ELECTRICITY GENERATED ON ROOFTOPS AND SOLD BACK TO THE GRID.

THAT PLAN WAS PULLED BACK A MONTH LATER.

THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A REVISION SINCE JANUARY.

>> IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND NOW WE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS.

>> THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR AND STORAGE ASSOCIATION FOUGHT HARD AGAINST THAT FIRST PROPOSAL.

>> SO QUITE STRONG OUT, AND HOPEFULLY IT GETS RESOLVED AT THIS POINT, FINALLY AND REASONABLY.

FOR ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.

>> LATE LAST FRIDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE QUIETLY SCHEDULED ORAL ARGUMENT ON THE ISSUE NEXT WEEK .

MORE THAN 30 GROUPS WILL GET ABOUT THREE MINUTES EACH TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO COMMISSIONERS.

THAT SUGGESTS THE NEW RULES ARE ABOUT TO BE MADE PUBLIC.

>> WE DON'T KNOW , NO ONE REALLY KNOWS.

>> KATHY FAIRBANK REPRESENTS AN ADVOCACY GROUP LARGELY FUNDED BY THE STATE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES.

>> THE RIGHTFULLY KEEPS ALL OF THIS VERY CLOSE TO THE VEST.

BUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED ORAL ARGUMENTS ON NOVEMBER 16th INDICATES THAT THEY WANT, AND THEY HAVEN'T SAID THIS, BUT INDICATES THEY WANT TO COMMENT ON PERHAPS A REVISED PROPOSED DECISION?

>> THAT PROPOSED DECISION COULD BE MADE PUBLIC AS SOON AS THIS WEEK.

ERIKA ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS, HOW DEMOCRATS APPEARED TO HAVE STAVED OFF A REPUBLICAN WAVE IN THIS YEAR'S MIDTERMS.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HEARS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE RACE FOR THE 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH STRADDLES SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES, WAS HOTLY CONTESTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ELECTION DAY AS OF NOW, DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT MIKE LEVEN IS LEADING HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER BRIAN MARRIOTT WITH 51% OF THE VOTE.

AND AT THIS HOUR, UNDERSHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ IS LEADING FORMER PROSECUTOR JOHN HAMILL IN FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF 57.1% OF THE VOTE.

THE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE OF THE VOTE COUNT TOMORROW EVENING.

AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW AT THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

A LOSS FOR THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA .

NPR'S MORNING EDITION DIVES INTO THE DECISION BY VOTERS TO KEEP A BAN ON FLAVORED CIGARETTES AND VAPING PRODUCTS.

>>> THEN ON KPBS MIDDAY ADDITION, WE WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST ELECTION INFORMATION LOCALLY AS MAIL-IN BALLOTS CONTINUE TO BE COUNTED.

AND YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION.

DARLING MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

>>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU .

THANK YOU.

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